530PM LRN News

Senator Bill Cassidy says he will not vote to remove President Trump tomorrow in the final day of the Senate impeachment trial. He spoke for nine minutes on the floor, ending his comments by quoting then-Congressman, and now Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer’s 1998 Clinton impeachment speech…

Cut 5 (06) “…prophet.”

Democrats allege the President used military aide to pressure Ukraine into investigating his political rival, Joe Biden.

A Tulane study gives credence to the idea that colorectal cancer screenings should begin at 45. The study found a 46 percent increase in diagnoses from age 49 to 50 and Tulane Associate Clinical Professor Dr. Jordan Karlitz says they also found 93 percent of cases discovered at age 50 had been growing for quite some time…

Cut 10 (07) “radiation” 

A new, potentially lethal drug has been discovered in a St. Mary Parish traffic stop.  It’s called “gray death” and it is heroin cut with fentanyl. St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s spokesperson David Spencer says this drug is fairly new, first popping up around Georgia and Alabama in 2017.

Cut 8 (11) “…new to us.”

He says it looks like concrete or limestone.

The CDC launches a first of its kind virtual human simulation tool to help cancer survivors adopt healthier behaviors. It’s called Talk to Someone, a place to ask questions and engage in conversations with Linda, a virtual cancer survivor. Cancer survivor Rebecca Shimkets says there’s no shame in having challenges and reaching out for help…

Cut 14 (07) “…to reach out.”

There are nearly 17 million cancer survivors in the US, with 22 million projected in ten years.